Robert E. Lee
Virginia
His album "The Times They Are a-Changin'" reached No. 20 on the charts in April 1964
Bob Dylan
Raw fish dish (5)
sushi
6'4" but going on 7 feet with hat; a Whig earlier in life; a fan of the theater, unfortunately
Abraham Lincoln
This light nonflammable gas has the lowest boiling point of any element: -452 degrees F.
helium
Samuel Adams
Massachusetts
In October 1960 this world leader sat holding his shoe in the U.N. General Assembly
Khrushchev
McIlhenny's "sauce"y trademark (7)
Tabasco
Had a hiss-y fit & a "checker-ed" past; was eventually resigned to his fate
Nixon
It's the title of a Beatles song & of a book about the Manson Family
"Helter Skelter"
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Ironically, it was the year of the "Summer of Love" & the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War
1967
"Blue ribbon" chicken dish (6,4)
cordon bleu
Doubt you'll see him in a "middle name's the same" category; played by Gary Sinese; gave 'em hell
Truman
Points of interest in this city include the Uspensky Cathedral, the Ataneum Art Museum & the Jean Sibelius Monument
Helsinki
Henry Clay
Kentucky
In 1968 Tony Curtis gave a startling film performance as this title New England killer
Boston Strangler
Spanish rice dish, or its pan (6)
paella
Born in Iowa; helped feed the unfortunate; sucked up 444 electoral votes in 1928
Hoover
In this Clive Barker film series, Pinhead was the leader of the demonic Cenobites
Hellraiser
Daniel Webster
New Hampshire
"A Foot in the Door" is the title of this brush salesman's 1960 autobiography
Fuller
Favored "sauce" spice of India (5)
curry
First thought on his sudden presidency--"I thought I could swing it"; to him, silence was golden
Calvin Coolidge
Possibly from the Scottish for "idler", it's a troublesome or rowdy child
a hellion